Are Bilateral Trade Balances Irrelevant? /

Based on an empirical gravity model of sectoral bilateral trade, we uncover three features of bilateral trade balances. First, the difficulty of gravity models in fitting the observed level of bilateral balances is likely due to the presence of unobservable bilateral trade costs. Second, the model f...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: MacDonald, Margaux
Övriga upphovsmän: Eugster, Johannes, Jaumotte, Florence, Piazza, Roberto
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/210
Länkar:Full text available on IMF